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Revolutionizing Teaching Boys: Movement-Based Learning Strategies

Discover innovative ways to engage boys in learning through movement-based activities that enhance focus, creativity, and participation. Explore practical ideas for creating dynamic classrooms that cater to the physical needs of boys, promoting interactive and inclusive learning environments. Embrace a holistic approach to education by incorporating movement into lessons, brain breaks, and content integration. Learn how to spark creativity, enhance engagement, and support diverse learning styles through strategic physical activities. Elevate your teaching methods with dynamic approaches tailored to the unique learning preferences of boys.

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Revolutionizing Teaching Boys: Movement-Based Learning Strategies

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  1. How does this new lens change our ideas about teaching boys?

  2. We are Generalizing! We are not Stereotyping!

  3. Shorter verbal chunks Brain Breaks Lessons with movement Social interaction Flexible work areas Small motor stimulation

  4. How does movement help learning? 15

  5. General Movement Ideas

  6. General Movement Ideas

  7. General Movement Ideas

  8. Stand up instead of raising hand General Movement Ideas

  9. Take regular stretch breaks General Movement Ideas

  10. Students get up to get own supplies General Movement Ideas

  11. Stress balls General Movement Ideas www.orientaltrading.com www.officeplayground.com

  12. Content-Integrated Movement Ideas Ball Toss Review 16

  13. Content-Integrated Movement Ideas Continent Scramble

  14. Content-Integrated Movement Ideas Attack of the Stickies

  15. Creating space… • Boys need more physical work space. • Make sure desks can be moved aside. • Create a variety of seating arrangements

  16. Keep some floor space open, if possible

  17. Take it outdoors! 19

  18. Boys need more physical work space. • Make sure desks can be moved aside • Create a variety of seating arrangements

  19. To energize • To relax • To transition 30

  20. 30 www.songsforteaching.com

  21. Share a lesson that incorporates movement. Share a great Brain Break. Share a great movement song or CD.

  22. 15

  23. ♥ ☼ ♂ $ • Learning Scrolls • Word Walls • Symbol Cards

  24. Add student sample of drawing before writing

  25. Add student sample of drawing before writing

  26. To stimulate sensory & emotive detail 30

  27. Create a 4-panel coat of arms Draw a road map for how to … Draw a birds-eye view map of … Create symbols for important concepts.

  28. Tough Choices, Tough Times

  29. Do You Hear What I See ? ? 31

  30. Incorporate Topics that Appeal to Boys 29

  31. “A good book for a boy is one he wants to read.” (Moloney, 2002)

  32. Amazon’s Top 5 List of Books Boys Are Reading (May 2008) 1-2-3: Rip-roaring escapades featuring the 14-year-old spy 4: Astonishingly tall 15-year-old Alfred is plunged into a world of adventure, assassination, and Arthurian legend 5: Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace earns a detention that takes him off the team and plunks him down in the auditorium where he ends up in a school musical

  33. Aggression-themes, violent scenarios Action-oriented, competition Superheroes Gross or slapstick humor Stories reconstructed from TV & video games

  34. Relational-themes Stories about feelings and memories Stories about family, friends

  35. Bring in boys’ outside interests. • Appreciate boy humor. • Be open to aggression themes in writing.

  36. Add “non-school” texts to classroom libraries. Check out www.guysread.com

  37. Use song lyrics as text www.rockhall.com

  38. ADD SAMPLE OF BOY WRITING

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